The Tempest influenced the English views of the Native Americans in New England because the play was all they had to define their perspective on the New World. Since the play was used as a pretense for the new society, it had obvious relations with what was happening in America, including the first Native American character. Therefore, the character, known as Caliban, represented all Indians for the English, “Like Caliban, the native people of america were viewed as the “other.” European culture was delineating the border, the hierarchical division between civilization and wildness” (31). Caliban was seen as a savage in the play, contrasting the English character, Prospero, who was well-mannered and educated. The theatergoers associated this